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'''Cedar Grove''' is a community in [[Markham, Ontario]] on the Little [[Rouge River (Ontario)|Rouge River]]. It is centred around 14th Avenue and Reesor Road (10th Line) and within the boundaries of the future national [[Rouge Park]].
'''Cedar Grove''' is a community in [[Markham, Ontario]] on the Little [[Rouge River (Ontario)|Rouge River]]. It is centred on 14th Avenue and Reesor Road (10th Line) and within the boundaries of the future national [[Rouge Park]].


==History==
==History==
James Osborne of North Carolina, with wife and children, first settled in the Cedar Grove area in the late eighteenth century. In 1804 [[Mennonite]] settlers from Pennsylvania (sometimes called the [[Pennsylvania Dutch]]) arrived in Cedar Grove, headed by [[Peter Reesor]], who first scouted the area for his community in the 1790s. Reesor bought the Osborne lot (lot 4, conc. 9) and performed the settlement duties for the original grantee in 1804; he then acquired lot 5 in 1805.<ref>North Pickering Community Development Project, [http://www.pada.ca/books/page/?pageid=6621&keywords=cedar+grove The Historical Complexities of Pickering, Markham, Scarborough and Uxbridge], Sept. 1973, p. 46.</ref> The stone house on the Reesor homestead was built in 1832.<ref>For a full account of Cedar Grove's history, cf. Isabel Champion, ed., ''[http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=4109298&amp;qryID=a1f5e6d6-3af7-4af7-8afe-8634454f087b Markham: 1793-1900]'' (Markham, ON: Markham Historical Society, 1979), 235-237; 173; 27ff. See also the detailed 1878 map, "[http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/images/maps/townshipmaps/yor-m-markham.jpg Township of Markham]," ''Illustrated historical atlas of the county of York and the township of West Gwillimbury & town of Bradford in the county of Simcoe, Ont.'' (Toronto: Miles & Co., 1878).</ref>
James Osborne of North Carolina, with wife and children, first settled in the Cedar Grove area in the late eighteenth century. In 1804 [[Mennonite]] settlers from Pennsylvania (sometimes called the [[Pennsylvania Dutch]]) arrived in Cedar Grove, headed by [[Peter Reesor]], who first scouted the area for his community in the 1790s. Reesor bought the Osborne lot (lot 4, conc. 9) and performed the settlement duties for the original grantee in 1804; he then acquired lot 5 in 1805.<ref>North Pickering Community Development Project, [http://www.pada.ca/books/page/?pageid=6621&keywords=cedar+grove The Historical Complexities of Pickering, Markham, Scarborough and Uxbridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928103623/http://www.pada.ca/books/page/?pageid=6621&keywords=cedar+grove# |date=2011-09-28 }}, Sept. 1973, p. 46.</ref> The stone house on the Reesor homestead was built in 1832.<ref>For a full account of Cedar Grove's history, cf. Isabel Champion, ed., ''[https://archive.today/20120905180027/http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=4109298&amp;qryID=a1f5e6d6-3af7-4af7-8afe-8634454f087b Markham: 1793-1900]'' (Markham, ON: Markham Historical Society, 1979), 235-237; 173; 27ff. See also the detailed 1878 map, "[http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/images/maps/townshipmaps/yor-m-markham.jpg Township of Markham]," ''Illustrated historical atlas of the county of York and the township of West Gwillimbury & town of Bradford in the county of Simcoe, Ont.'' (Toronto: Miles & Co., 1878).</ref>


By 1820, John Eby Reesor helped to construct a log building at the corner of Steeles Ave. and 11th Line to serve as both a school and a church, for Mennonites and Presbyterians. About 1850, a frame school building was constructed on the north side of 14th Ave., east of 10th Line to accommodate the growing community. The old school house is now Cedar Grove Community Centre. In 1869, this building was replaced by a red brick school across the south side of 14th Ave. "Cedar Grove school was unique ... in having a gallery where in winter any adult could come and get a bit of learning by listening to the classes below."<ref>In I. Champion, ed., ''[http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=4109236&amp;&amp;qryID=fbc5a0dc-cf81-4a9c-8f6b-2204893d1c50 Markham: 1793-1900]'', 173. See also [http://www.pada.ca/books/page/?pageid=6634 The Historical Complexities of Pickering, Markham, Scarborough and Uxbridge], (Sept. 1973), pp. 57f.</ref>
By 1820, John Eby Reesor helped to construct a log building at the corner of Steeles Ave. and 11th Line to serve as both a school and a church, for Mennonites and Presbyterians. About 1850, a frame school building was constructed on the north side of 14th Ave., east of 10th Line to accommodate the growing community. The old school house is now Cedar Grove Community Centre. In 1869, this building was replaced by a red brick school across the south side of 14th Ave. "Cedar Grove school was unique ... in having a gallery where in winter any adult could come and get a bit of learning by listening to the classes below."<ref>In I. Champion, ed., ''[http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=4109236&amp;&amp;qryID=fbc5a0dc-cf81-4a9c-8f6b-2204893d1c50 Markham: 1793-1900]'', 173. See also [http://www.pada.ca/books/page/?pageid=6634 The Historical Complexities of Pickering, Markham, Scarborough and Uxbridge] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928103830/http://www.pada.ca/books/page/?pageid=6634 |date=2011-09-28 }}, (Sept. 1973), pp. 57f.</ref>


By 1878 the hamlet also had four mills, a post office and general store, tavern and inn, and blacksmith shop (now at the [[Markham_Museum#The_Cedar_Grove_Blacksmith_Shop|Markham Museum and Historical Village]]).<ref>See pictures of the [http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4059 Lapp Brothers' cider mill], [http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4062 general store], [http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4064 Mennonite Church], [http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4066 Peter and Esther Reesor gravestone], [http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4073 United (earlier Presbyterian) Church], [http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4101 school], and [http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4076 Reesor Homestead] from the Pickering-Ajax Digital Archive (PADA).</ref> A Mennonite Meeting House was built on lot 4, conc. 9 in 1867, although the grounds were used as a cemetery
By 1878 the hamlet also had four mills, a post office and general store, tavern and inn, and blacksmith shop (now at the [[Markham Museum#The Cedar Grove Blacksmith Shop|Markham Museum and Historical Village]]).<ref>See pictures of the [http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4059 Lapp Brothers' cider mill] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928102131/http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4059 |date=2011-09-28 }}, [http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4062 general store] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928102352/http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4062 |date=2011-09-28 }}, [http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4064 Mennonite Church] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928102621/http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4064 |date=2011-09-28 }}, [http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4066 Peter and Esther Reesor gravestone] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928102830/http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4066 |date=2011-09-28 }}, [http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4073 United (earlier Presbyterian) Church] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928103121/http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4073 |date=2011-09-28 }}, [http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4101 school] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928103330/http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4101 |date=2011-09-28 }}, and [http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4076 Reesor Homestead] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928104041/http://www.pada.ca/images/details/?id=4076 |date=2011-09-28 }} from the Pickering-Ajax Digital Archive (PADA).</ref> A Mennonite Meeting House was built on lot 4, conc. 9 in 1867, although the grounds were used as a cemetery
(now Rouge Valley Mennonite Church Cemetery) as early as 1824.<ref>Cf. J. Fretz, "Cedar Grove Mennonite Church," ''[http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/C458.html Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online],'' 1953; today known as the Rouge Valley Mennonite Church. See also Paul Burkholder, "[http://www.mhso.org/publications/MennoHistoryinMarkham.htm Highlights of Mennonite History in the Markham Community]," ''Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario'' 3 (Nov. 1970).</ref> The Zion Presbyterian Church constructed a frame-building on the 11th Line near Steeles in 1856, which was replaced by a stone building (now Heritage United Church) in 1890.<ref>North Pickering Community Development Project, [http://www.pada.ca/books/page/?id=214&view=image&keywords=cedar+grove&page=62 The Historical Complexities of Pickering, Markham, Scarborough and Uxbridge], Sept. 1973, p. 51.</ref>
(now Rouge Valley Mennonite Church Cemetery) as early as 1824.<ref>Cf. J. Fretz, "Cedar Grove Mennonite Church," ''[http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/C458.html Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online],'' 1953; today known as the Rouge Valley Mennonite Church. See also Paul Burkholder, "[http://www.mhso.org/publications/MennoHistoryinMarkham.htm Highlights of Mennonite History in the Markham Community] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325181249/http://www.mhso.org/publications/MennoHistoryinMarkham.htm# |date=2012-03-25 }}," ''Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario'' 3 (Nov. 1970).</ref> The Zion Presbyterian Church constructed a frame-building on the 11th Line near Steeles in 1856, which was replaced by a stone building (now Heritage United Church) in 1890.<ref>North Pickering Community Development Project, [http://www.pada.ca/books/page/?id=214&view=image&keywords=cedar+grove&page=62 The Historical Complexities of Pickering, Markham, Scarborough and Uxbridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928104256/http://www.pada.ca/books/page/?id=214&view=image&keywords=cedar+grove&page=62# |date=2011-09-28 }}, Sept. 1973, p. 51.</ref>


Today Cedar Grove is best known as the home of ''Cedarena'', an outdoor skating facility built in 1927. Once one of the largest rinks in the province (olympic size), the historical rink is still in use.<ref>Cedarena, official website, [http://www.cedarena.ca/about/ Cedarena: About (History)].</ref>
Today Cedar Grove is best known as the home of ''Cedarena'', an outdoor skating facility built in 1927 on grass area on the south bank of the Rouge River. Once one of the largest rinks in the province (olympic size), the historical rink<ref>Cedarena, official website, [http://www.cedarena.ca/about/ Cedarena: About (History)].</ref> eas last opened in 2014 and signage since removed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/6137546-iconic-outdoor-markham-skating-rink-won-t-open-this-winter/|title=Iconic outdoor Markham skating rink won't open this winter}}</ref>


==Little Rouge Valley Vine==
==Little Rouge Valley Vine==
The Little Rouge Valley Vine, or "Great Vine", is the largest natural vine in the Ontario mixed forests. Situated next to the Little Rouge River in the heart of the valley, the "Great Vine" is over 30 cm in diameter at the base and is estimated to have runners which, together, stretch over 1 km. <ref>Ontario Botanical Journal B, "Species: Aristolochia Macrophylla", Vol 62, p. 131.</ref>
The Little Rouge Valley Vine, or "Great Vine", is the largest natural vine in the Ontario mixed forests. Situated next to the Little Rouge River in the heart of the valley, the "Great Vine" is over 30&nbsp;cm in diameter at the base and is estimated to have runners which, together, stretch over 1&nbsp;km.<ref>Ontario Botanical Journal B, "Species: Aristolochia Macrophylla", Vol 62, p. 131.</ref>


In 2009, botanists from the University of Toronto attempted to locate and study the magnificent specimen. However, they were purposefully misguided by a local native wielding a buck knife in order to protect the longevity and importance of the vine. Due to the local population's efforts to keep the vine secret, very few outsiders have ever witnessed its beauty. <ref> J. Lapp, Into the Maw: Tales from the Belly of the Little Rouge. Hollinger Press. Toronto. Nov. 2010, p. 36.</ref>
In 2009, botanists from the University of Toronto attempted to locate and study the magnificent specimen. However, they were purposefully misguided by a local native wielding a buck knife in order to protect the longevity and importance of the vine. Due to the local population's efforts to keep the vine secret, very few outsiders have ever witnessed its beauty.<ref>J. Lapp, Into the Maw: Tales from the Belly of the Little Rouge. Hollinger Press. Toronto. Nov. 2010, p. 36.</ref>


==Future: Rouge National Park==
==Rouge National Park==
While much of the city of Markham immediately west of Cedar Grove has become residential, the land immediately around Cedar Grove is still in agricultural use. In 2011 the Canadian Federal Government announced plans to create a national [[Rouge Park]]. The park will completely encompass the community of Cedar Grove.<ref>See the Rouge Park Alliance, [http://www.rougepark.com/explore/park_map.php Park Map].</ref>
While much of the city of Markham immediately west of Cedar Grove has become residential (as part of [[Box Grove, Ontario]]), the land immediately around Cedar Grove is still in agricultural use. In 2011 the Canadian Federal Government announced plans to create a national [[Rouge Park]]. The park will completely encompass the community of Cedar Grove.<ref>See the Rouge Park Alliance, [http://www.rougepark.com/explore/park_map.php Park Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723101713/http://www.rougepark.com/explore/park_map.php# |date=2011-07-23 }}.</ref>


The Little Rouge River which flows through Cedar Grove is a tributary of the [[Rouge River (Ontario)|Rouge River]], with water flowing south from the [[Oak Ridges Moraine]] to [[Lake Ontario]].
The Little Rouge River which flows through Cedar Grove is a tributary of the [[Rouge River (Ontario)|Rouge River]], with water flowing south from the [[Oak Ridges Moraine]] to [[Lake Ontario]].

==Cedar Grove Community Centre==

Cedar Grove Community Centre is a small city owned facility housed in the former Cedar Grove Schoolhouse (S.S. #20) built in 1869 serving the [[Mennonite]] community in the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historictours.ca/HTList.asp?page=6&category=Schools |title=Historic Tours Markham |accessdate=2015-10-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003173733/http://www.historictours.ca/HTList.asp?page=6&category=Schools |archivedate=2015-10-03 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:03, 3 September 2023

Cedar Grove
Unincorporated community
Coordinates: 43°51′28″N 79°12′13″W / 43.85778°N 79.20361°W / 43.85778; -79.20361
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
Regional municipalityYork
CityMarkham
Established1832
Elevation
177 m (581 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)905 and 289
NTS Map030M14
GNBC CodeFAPKR

Cedar Grove is a community in Markham, Ontario on the Little Rouge River. It is centred on 14th Avenue and Reesor Road (10th Line) and within the boundaries of the future national Rouge Park.

History

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James Osborne of North Carolina, with wife and children, first settled in the Cedar Grove area in the late eighteenth century. In 1804 Mennonite settlers from Pennsylvania (sometimes called the Pennsylvania Dutch) arrived in Cedar Grove, headed by Peter Reesor, who first scouted the area for his community in the 1790s. Reesor bought the Osborne lot (lot 4, conc. 9) and performed the settlement duties for the original grantee in 1804; he then acquired lot 5 in 1805.[1] The stone house on the Reesor homestead was built in 1832.[2]

By 1820, John Eby Reesor helped to construct a log building at the corner of Steeles Ave. and 11th Line to serve as both a school and a church, for Mennonites and Presbyterians. About 1850, a frame school building was constructed on the north side of 14th Ave., east of 10th Line to accommodate the growing community. The old school house is now Cedar Grove Community Centre. In 1869, this building was replaced by a red brick school across the south side of 14th Ave. "Cedar Grove school was unique ... in having a gallery where in winter any adult could come and get a bit of learning by listening to the classes below."[3]

By 1878 the hamlet also had four mills, a post office and general store, tavern and inn, and blacksmith shop (now at the Markham Museum and Historical Village).[4] A Mennonite Meeting House was built on lot 4, conc. 9 in 1867, although the grounds were used as a cemetery (now Rouge Valley Mennonite Church Cemetery) as early as 1824.[5] The Zion Presbyterian Church constructed a frame-building on the 11th Line near Steeles in 1856, which was replaced by a stone building (now Heritage United Church) in 1890.[6]

Today Cedar Grove is best known as the home of Cedarena, an outdoor skating facility built in 1927 on grass area on the south bank of the Rouge River. Once one of the largest rinks in the province (olympic size), the historical rink[7] eas last opened in 2014 and signage since removed.[8]

Little Rouge Valley Vine

[edit]

The Little Rouge Valley Vine, or "Great Vine", is the largest natural vine in the Ontario mixed forests. Situated next to the Little Rouge River in the heart of the valley, the "Great Vine" is over 30 cm in diameter at the base and is estimated to have runners which, together, stretch over 1 km.[9]

In 2009, botanists from the University of Toronto attempted to locate and study the magnificent specimen. However, they were purposefully misguided by a local native wielding a buck knife in order to protect the longevity and importance of the vine. Due to the local population's efforts to keep the vine secret, very few outsiders have ever witnessed its beauty.[10]

Rouge National Park

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While much of the city of Markham immediately west of Cedar Grove has become residential (as part of Box Grove, Ontario), the land immediately around Cedar Grove is still in agricultural use. In 2011 the Canadian Federal Government announced plans to create a national Rouge Park. The park will completely encompass the community of Cedar Grove.[11]

The Little Rouge River which flows through Cedar Grove is a tributary of the Rouge River, with water flowing south from the Oak Ridges Moraine to Lake Ontario.

Cedar Grove Community Centre

[edit]

Cedar Grove Community Centre is a small city owned facility housed in the former Cedar Grove Schoolhouse (S.S. #20) built in 1869 serving the Mennonite community in the area.[12]

References

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  1. ^ North Pickering Community Development Project, The Historical Complexities of Pickering, Markham, Scarborough and Uxbridge Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, Sept. 1973, p. 46.
  2. ^ For a full account of Cedar Grove's history, cf. Isabel Champion, ed., Markham: 1793-1900 (Markham, ON: Markham Historical Society, 1979), 235-237; 173; 27ff. See also the detailed 1878 map, "Township of Markham," Illustrated historical atlas of the county of York and the township of West Gwillimbury & town of Bradford in the county of Simcoe, Ont. (Toronto: Miles & Co., 1878).
  3. ^ In I. Champion, ed., Markham: 1793-1900, 173. See also The Historical Complexities of Pickering, Markham, Scarborough and Uxbridge Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, (Sept. 1973), pp. 57f.
  4. ^ See pictures of the Lapp Brothers' cider mill Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, general store Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, Mennonite Church Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, Peter and Esther Reesor gravestone Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, United (earlier Presbyterian) Church Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, school Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, and Reesor Homestead Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine from the Pickering-Ajax Digital Archive (PADA).
  5. ^ Cf. J. Fretz, "Cedar Grove Mennonite Church," Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online, 1953; today known as the Rouge Valley Mennonite Church. See also Paul Burkholder, "Highlights of Mennonite History in the Markham Community Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine," Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario 3 (Nov. 1970).
  6. ^ North Pickering Community Development Project, The Historical Complexities of Pickering, Markham, Scarborough and Uxbridge Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, Sept. 1973, p. 51.
  7. ^ Cedarena, official website, Cedarena: About (History).
  8. ^ "Iconic outdoor Markham skating rink won't open this winter".
  9. ^ Ontario Botanical Journal B, "Species: Aristolochia Macrophylla", Vol 62, p. 131.
  10. ^ J. Lapp, Into the Maw: Tales from the Belly of the Little Rouge. Hollinger Press. Toronto. Nov. 2010, p. 36.
  11. ^ See the Rouge Park Alliance, Park Map Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ^ "Historic Tours Markham". Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-10-01.

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